Sometimes it is not possible to get a birth date. For example, civil records of births in Italy start in 1809. Before that time, there are ONLY christening records in many locations. I do not like "about" dates, and only use the christening date if there is no birth date. In my case, christening and birth are close enough that there is no age calculation problem, but this is an interesting situation. I will look forward to hearing how people handle it. I guess in Gene's case a temporary fix in an "about" date for birth, but you know how I feel about those!
Dee San Diego On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 11:52:32 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about using an Event for the christening when it isn't > soon after birth (and you don't have birth date but have > reason to believe it's substantially earlier than > christening)? This would avoid having erroneous ages > calculated by Legacy. > > Ruth Ann > > Ruth wrote: > > But Legacy already uses the christening date instead of a missing > > birth date in many circumstances, e.g. on the Individual's Information > > screen it calculates age at burial from a christening date if the > > birth date is empty. I don't see why the same logic could not be used > > for age at marriage. And your ancestor would not show as 11 years old > > as you have the birth date for him. If you didn't have his birth > > date, that calculation would challenge you to look again at the > > information you had for the individual and so would be of benefit to > > research. > > > > What I like about Legacy is that I don't have to add guesstimates of > > birth years for people unless I have evidence of their ages from > > census or death records or such like. > > > > > > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 15:53:57 -0800, JimTerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Gene, > >> > >>I don't see away around this. I have an ancestor born in 1818, > >>christened 1823, and married at the age of 16 in 1835. When I remove > >>his birth date, the Marriage Information screen shows him being 11 years > >>old at the time he married! > >> > >>Jim Terry > >>Technical Support > >>Legacy Family Tree > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
